The response to Carpenter’s praise from those associated with gaming has been, as you can imagine, overwhelmingly pleased.. “What an incredible tweet from a creative legend,” shared Aaron Greenberg, Head of Marketing at Xbox. “Wow,” replied Bonnie Ross, head and founder of Halo Infinite developer 343 Industries. “Thank you for spending your creative time in our world. ” In short, the video game industry was very happy to see such a big name in the film industry happy and satisfied with the success of a video game, and this is none other than the latest installment of Master Chief. While some may be surprised that Carpenter talks about video games and even goes so far as to praise them, most people now know that he has spent years doing so. As Kotaku notes, Carpenter had previously said explicitly that he enjoyed Destiny 2, and on several occasions he appeared in Giant Bomb..
“My son got me interested in console video games. The first game I remember playing obsessively was Sonic the Hedgehog. Man, that was hard; no checkpoints. I kept dying over and over again. The hand – at the time, my eye coordination was compromised. I have improved over the years. I have many favorite games. Borderlands 2 is spectacular. I love BioShock, the Dead Space series, The Last of Us…”
It’s a pleasant surprise!